1.4 Intercultural competence

• The concept of intercultural competence
• Participating in intercultural activities in the community
• Attitudes towards different cultures
• Promoting social cohesion among people of varied cultures

• analyse the concept of intercultural competence
• participate in intercultural activities in the community
• exhibit positive attitudes towards different cultures
• recognise the importance of promoting social cohesion among people of varied cultures

“How do you work well with people whose way of life differs from yours?”

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1. Understanding intercultural competence
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Why good intentions are not enough, and what the skill actually consists of.
2. Building social cohesion
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   How groups that mix become groups that trust, and what CSL has to do with it.
3. Cultures in our environment
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Mapping languages, faiths, food, markets and ceremonies in the place you already live, without turning people into exhibits.
4. Intercultural issues and stereotypes
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   How a joke becomes a closed seat: stereotypes, prejudice, bias and tribalism as they show up in Kenyan schools and markets.
5. Positive attitudes towards different cultures
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Curiosity, respect, humility and empathy - and why mere tolerance, pity and performed friendliness are not enough.
6. Communicating across cultures
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Pause, watch, ask, restate, adapt: how to greet, listen and speak when the rules in the room are not the ones you were raised with.
7. Participating in intercultural activities
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Plan with both groups, mix the teams, give real roles and a shared task: how a cultural day or a joint clean-up becomes competence rather than a concert.
8. Responding to stereotypes and promoting cohesion
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   A short correction, a boundary, an ally: how to answer a stereotype about your culture, and how a CSL team turns that into cohesion rather than a debate.